To top off the sapping long-haul schedule, Marco Kurz's team will get back on a plane to Sydney on Monday.

Sydney start as favourites after being handed home-ground advantage, much to the displeasure of Adelaide United chairman Greg Griffin who slammed Football Federation Australia's "Sydney-centric" decision -- despite it being the competition's first final held in NSW.

"It's fantastic, we don't have to travel; they've had to travel twice," Arnold said.

"We've been here, we had a good week. The boys are fit and ready to go and we'll be firing on all cylinders.